Comments on: Seeking old LucasFilm Games (Maniac Mansion, Secret of Monkey Island, Zak Mckracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Loom)

Question: Seeking old LucasFilm Games (Maniac Mansion, Secret of Monkey Island, Zak Mckracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Loom)

Keyser Soze — Mon, 31 May 2004 22:59:31 -0800

Can anybody help me find some old Lucasfilm games, like Maniac Mansion, Secret of Monkey Island, Zak Mckracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Loom? I used to own all of them but the disks are bad. I have been going everywhere and I still can't find the game for sale.

By: inksyndicate

inksyndicate — Mon, 31 May 2004 23:01:21 -0800

You do know that all of these games, sans box, live on in computer heaven over at The Underdogs, right?

God bless early Lucasfilm games.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 31 May 2004 23:06:15 -0800

Also available via bittorrent, in the places you would expect to find bittorrents aplenty.

By: Derek

Derek — Mon, 31 May 2004 23:44:49 -0800

Lucasarts Released Maniac Mansion Delux for free - here.

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:45:38 -0800

Derek: that's not an official lucasarts release, it's a fan remake. although arguably it has tacit lucasarts sanction since they haven't sent the lawyers after them.

underdogs won't have downloads for the lucasarts titles you mentioned. lucasarts is a member of the esa (formerly known as the idsa) and underdogs is careful to not tread on the toes of esa members.

also, some of the titles you mention were pretty popular in their time and underdogs is primarily about, well, underdogs, those gems that were never particularly popular.

you might try here.

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 01:12:16 -0800

When you do find them (hint: google for "abandonware"), you can use ScummVM to play them on a modern computer.

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 02:57:49 -0800

Loom with Anti-Aliasing enabled.... that is truly the greatest form of irony.

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 05:40:29 -0800

try #oldgames or #oldwarez on efnet.

By: agregoli

agregoli — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 08:11:10 -0800

They used to sell Loom as an oldie, but it doesn't look like it anymore. I'm bummed.

By: Hackworth

Hackworth — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 10:03:43 -0800

I think I have escape from monkey island on cd somewhere, if you want it.

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:57:30 -0800

nah hackworth, thats pretty new. I found that on supernova. Thanks though.